Lite
$0/mo
- ✓Up to 3 internal active users and 2 service accounts
- ✓10 GB free storage
- ✓10 hrs Pulse compute per month included
- ✓Pulse instances only
- ✓Community support
MotherDuck Cost & Pricing Scale Simulator (2026)
Billing Engine Architecture:hybrid
📋 Billing Architecture Pillars
Framework & Entry
Free Tier Available
Uses a hybrid model structure.Offers developer access with no initial monthly payment requirements.
Low Price Bound
Free Entry
The initial commercial tier commit level starts at $no cost. Annual contracts may reduce equivalent monthly allocations.
Volume Restrictions
Uncapped / Custom
API volume constraints are evaluated as Dynamic. Egress bandwidth, compute hours, and storage allocations can trigger non-linear scaling costs.
Public Tiers Breakdown
Business
$250/mo
- ✓Everything you need for production analytics
- ✓Up to 10 internal active users and unlimited service accounts
- ✓5 instance types and read-scaling replicas
- ✓Flights: agent-native data pipelines
- ✓90-day snapshot retention
- ✓Query history
+2 more system variables
Enterprise
Custom
- ✓Everything in Business, plus
- ✓Unlimited internal active users and service accounts
- ✓Fixed-cost capacity pricing
- ✓AWS PrivateLink connectivity
- ✓HIPAA BAA